NATO countries seek joint acquisition of armoured engineer vehicles
Published on March 10, 2023
Seven NATO countries are interested in moving toward the common procurement of new equipment. The procurement wishlist includes armored engineering and breaching vehicles, autonomous engineering systems, and modular mission payloads.
Driven by the war in Ukraine, NATO countries increasingly desire common requirements for procuring and maintaining systems and platforms. Uncrewed and autonomous engineering systems - meant to aid in construction on the battlefield or transport combat engineers - are a less visible but critical challenge for future interoperability.